Mike Tyson On Oprah

October 12, 2009 by Princess .P.  
Filed under Black celebs news, Mike Tyson

Mike Tyson On Oprah

Mike Tyson On Oprah – Mike Tyson appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show on Monday and opend up about going to jail and the death of his 4-year-old daughter Exodus last May.The former heavyweight boxing champion said:

“If I know, then there might be a blame for it.And if there’s somebody to blame for it, there will be a problem.”

He added:

“My first instinct was a lot of rage, you know, and I was so happy that I had the tools in life, you know, to not go in that direction because I’ve been that direction. I know where that’s gonna lead me. I know I’m not gonna win.”

You can watch the interview after the jump.
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Jamie Foxx To Play Mike Tyson In Biopic

February 25, 2008 by Princess .P.  
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Jamie Foxx Mike Tyson Biopic

Academy Award-winning actor Jamie Foxx will be making a movie about controversial former boxer Mike Tyson.Tyson said about the biopic :

“Jamie Foxx and I will be working together. He will play me in the film about my life. We have already had several discussions about it…..Even when I was training for a fight I would drink. This is the first time I have been clean and sober in my whole life.”


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Mike Tyson Jailed For One Day

November 20, 2007 by Princess .P.  
Filed under Mike Tyson

Mike Tyson has checked himself into Arizona’s infamous Tent City Jail to serve his one-day sentence on drug charges earlier today.

Tyson will be wearing jail-issue pink underwear and striped jumpsuits.
Mike will also be enjoying the lovely view of a nearby dog pound and junkyard where inmates wear jail-issue pink underwear and striped jumpsuits.
The former boxing champ pleaded guilty in September to one count of felony cocaine possession and one misdemeanor count of driving under the influence. He’ll be on probation for three years.